Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 8

Performance Results


Gaming 144% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	164% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	122% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 8 (all builds)
Memory	41.9 GB free of 48 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '21 at 22:01
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 255 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 628 68% 542 Pts	64-Core 549 34% 549 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$499 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Gigabyte(1458 408E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Lighting 244 Reflection 219 Parallax 212 199% 225 fps	MRender 250 Gravity 166 Splatting 135 145% 184 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda 510 SSD ZP500GM30001 500GB 1,509 User benchmarks, average bench 218% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: STOSC014 SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 444 316 276 168 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 1,336 Mixed 466 SusWrite 281 144% 631 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 46.9 186% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 886 DQ Write 477 DQ Mixed 669 501% 677 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 355%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 661GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 151 162 165 167 166 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 106 Write 120 Mixed 71 SusWrite 160 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 57% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK32GX4M2E3200C16 029E CMK16GX4M1B3000C15 029E CMK32GX4M2E3200C16 48GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	88.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 26.5 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 25.4 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GA-Z270X-Gaming 8 Builds (Compare 168 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 106%

UFO

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 91%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 8

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	127x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	16x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	32x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	17x

SSD
SA2000M81000G 1TBKingstonBench 234%, 77,062 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	6x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 94%, 8,912 samples	6x

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Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16